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Lawmakers press for Geithner AIG testimony (Reuters)

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee during a hearing on over-the-counter derivatives reform on Capitol Hill in Washington December 2, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - U.S. lawmakers on Friday pressed for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to testify on whether the New York Federal Reserve Bank improperly pressured AIG to withhold information on payments it made to banks after its government bailout.


Twitter hiring workers to turn Tweets into money (Reuters)

People wait as others line up to place their orders at a Korean BBQ-inspired taco truck that used Twitter to alert followers to their location, in Torrance, California, April 17, 2009. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - Twitter, the popular but money-losing microblogging service, is hiring engineers and specialists who can help turn it into a money-maker.


Lawmakers press for Geithner AIG testimony (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. lawmakers on Friday pressed for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to testify on whether the New York Federal Reserve Bank improperly pressured AIG to withhold information on payments it made to banks after its government bailout.

Obama awards $2.3 billion clean energy tax credits (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a $2.3 billion tax credit on Friday to boost jobs by promoting clean energy, as new data showed the country's unemployment rate remained stuck in the double digits.

Employers slash jobs in Dec, pressuring Obama (Reuters)

A home is seen for sale in the Washington suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland, October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jim BourgReuters - U.S. employers cut 85,000 jobs in December, confounding expectations the labor market was finally stabilizing and piling pressure on President Barack Obama to spur job growth.


Fed’s Lacker says U.S. growth prospects improving (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. economy is on much better footing despite a soft labor market and a rickety commercial real estate sector, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker said on Friday.

Apple tablet supply chain points to Q2 launch: sources (Reuters)

Parrot A.R. Drone, a four-propeller flying drone that connects to an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch via Wi-Fi with a video-streaming camera, hovers  at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Reuters - Suppliers for Apple Inc's new tablet computer have begun shipping touchscreen panels and will start delivering aluminum casings for it next month, sources said, implying a second-quarter product launch.


BofA says bonuses will rise, but no record payouts (Reuters)

Reuters - Bank of America Corp will likely pay some employees at its investment bank at levels significantly above last year, although there will be no record payouts, a spokesman for the bank said on Friday.

German bank card glitch resolved: retailers (AFP)

A German debit card in a cash machine in Berlin. A New Year's technical glitch which rendered 30 million German bank cards unusable for shopping payments has been resolved, according to the country's retail association.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - A New Year's technical glitch which rendered 30 million German bank cards unusable for shopping payments has been resolved, the country's retail association said on Friday.


World stocks recover from US jobs disappointment (AP)

A man walks in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average climbed briefly above 10,800 for the first time in 15 months buoyed by a weaker yen in morning session. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Stock markets and the dollar bounced back from earlier losses Friday as investors said weaker than expected U.S. December jobs figures did little to alter predictions for ongoing economic growth this year.